Some Things Around My Desk

My desk is a horrible mess, and I don't know where to start. Hmm, let's see.

My Perfume



Adidas, 2006, Special Edition, Victory League. I put it on at mornings before school and by the time I'm at school there's no scent left. What a disgrace of a perfume.

My Calendar



This was a gift from our school. I never look at it and I usually forget to tear off the days as they go by. Yet another waste of space.

My Dictionary



No, this is not any ordinary dictionary. This is a rhyming dictionary. Instead of giving you the meaning of a word, it gives you the words that rhyme with it. Useless now since we don't do anymore poems.

My Headphones



The solution to boredom. I need these for my mobile to do all sorts of things. This thing has smearings of hot chocolate, and I have no idea how they got there.

My Books



For dummies, my favorite series of computer books. I learnt both Flash and C++ from these books, whereas the PHP book was too bad and so I ended up learning it online, and I forgot about Visual Basic, although I might start it again in the summer.

My Microscope



Broken, damaged, lost. All that applies to some piece of this microscope. Sad really, it was a good device while it was still intact.

My Storage



This thing has so many names - usb, usb drive, flash, flash memory, flash disk, pen drive, pen disk. This thing is still useful though, even though this was bought at the time 1gb had just came out. I think it was around 80JDs.

Now that I've shown you my desk, how about your desk?

My Book Worm Brother

I came back from school to find out that my brother had missed his morning bus.

Why had this happened? If you did not know my younger brother, you might not have guessed the reason for why this had happened.

Had he overslept? No. Was he watching TV? No. Was he stuck in the bathroom with extreme cases of constipation that lead his ears to malfunction? No.

He was reading a book.

Bibliophilia is the love of books. Accordingly a bibliophile loves books, but especially "for qualities of format". A bookworm loves books for their content, or otherwise loves reading in general.

That is my brother summed up. A bookworm. In fact, on his desk is a entire row of books, a small but crammed bookcase he has. And yes, he had read all of those books, many times.

In fact, he is reading a book in his bed right now, while I am writing this post.

My brother read the Deathly Hallows in a day. He read Snakehead in 9 hours. And I guess he has some other record breaking numbers of reading books.

The bookworm, my brother.

Skeleton Key

Left: The author, Anthony Hortwiz // Right: Alex rider in the film Stormbreaker

In an aim to recap on my old english skills, I decided to continue reading a series I had only completed two books from. This series is called the Alex Rider series and is written by a guy called Anthony Horowitz. His books have won the 2003 Red House 'Childrens Book' award, and the series has seven books till now.

The series talks about the adventures of a teenage boy called Alex Rider, who is asked to do spy missions by the British equivilant of the CIA, the MI6. Not only was his murdered uncle a spy in MI6 as well, but he is also a powerfull and wise human for his age and size.

This book in the series, Skeletion Key, talks about the boy's new mission assigned by MI6 - to head to a private island south of Cuba. On this island he must investigate the island's owner, General Sarov, and his plans to destory the world with his weapons grade urainium.

Sharks. Assassins. Nuclear bombs. Alex Rider's in deep water.

This book is a great read, even for old people, because it is a nice thriller with many action packed scenes as well as interesting plots. Although this book's plot/general idea may seem a bit wierd at first, once you read it you will understand it is quite realistic and not any old children's book.

Of Mice And Men

I was never into books, and never liked novels, until I read this book. Our English teacher has a subject called Literature which is basically reading a specified story then answering questions on it based on our understanding of the story.

I thought I should review this story, because I really liked how it showed the age of the American depression from all its views, and how it showed people who stayed in their position till death, while others dreamed and plotted of a better life, and people who changed their current position to higher ranks.

Of Mice And Men talks about two men, one a small and wise character, the other a large disabled man, who both travel together from ranch to ranch trying to earn some money. George, the small character, is a man that has ambitions for a better life by owning a ranch himself, unlike the other ranch workers who had no goals in life.

Lennie, the disabled man who accompanies George, has the dreams and passions of a small child. His obsession with soft things, such as fur or hair, is most of the time the reason he gets into trouble, and even accidental murder at the end of the story. George accompanies him because Lennie's Aunt asks him to, and he also wants to avoid loneliness, a key aspect of the American Depression.

The other characters in the book are as interesting as the rest. They go from the main leaders of the ranch, with high respect in community, while at the same time jealous of the others and wanting to reach higher ranks, to the lowest people in community such as the black man 'Crooks', who is not respected in the ranch because of his color and his looks.

I would recommend this book, which was nominated for four Oscars, to anyone who enjoys reading about the past, and how friendship is always strong to anyone, even to the point of life and death.